1975 World Snooker Championship

The 1975 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 9 April and 1 May 1975 at various venues in Australia. It was the 1975 edition of the World Snooker Championship, an event first held in 1927. The tournament featured 27 participants, eight of whom were seeded and received byes to the second round. It featured a prize fund of A$30,000, the winner receiving A$7,500. This is the second (and most recent) World Snooker Championship to have been held outside the United Kingdom since the competition reverted to a knockout format in 1969. The tournament was promoted by Eddie Charlton Promotions on behalf of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.

The final was held at the Nunawading Basketball Centre on Burwood Highway, in Burwood East, Victoria. Defending champion Ray Reardon played Eddie Charlton in a best-of-61 frames match. Reardon won 10 of the 12 frames on the second day to lead 16–8, but Charlton took the first nine frames on day three and moved into the lead. Reardon then led 23–21 before Charlton won eight frames in a row to lead 29–23, requiring just two of the last nine frames to win. However, Reardon then took seven frames in a row and, although Charlton levelled the match at 30–30, Reardon won the deciding frame to secure a 31–30 victory. It was the third consecutive year that Reardon won the title, and his fourth overall. Dennis Taylor made the highest break of the tournament, 128, in his quarter-final match against Gary Owen.